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M. H. NEWSPICKLE RIM REMOVER Filed March 17, 1923 2 In welt-2dr:

Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES MILTON HENRY NEWSPICKLE, on YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

RIM REMOVER.

Application filed March 17, .1923. Serial No. 625,821.

To all whom "it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MILTON H. NEWS- rIoKLE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rim Re movers, of which the following is aspecifioation. a

This invention relates to a device for splitting a demountable rim, or breaking the joint therein when 1t is desirable to place a casing thereon.

Another object of my invention is the provision of the above means which may be readily adjustable to various conditions without the taking apart of the device, and which may be adjusted while the device is in action.

Still another object is the provision of a device of the character described which is readily adaptable to various types of rims, thus producing an efficient device which may be used interchangeably.

To this end my invention includes a pair of grips adapted to be secured to a split rim on each side of the joint having supports thereon, one support adapted to serve as the fulcrum of a lever having a slide member thereon adjustably engaging the lever and adapted to engage the other grip element. Manipulation of the lever handle through the various adjustments of the slide element enables the operator to move the grips either toward or away from each other as it is desired to overlap or separate the ends of the rim.

I have illustrated in the drawings the preferred embodiment of my invention, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile rim with my device in its initial position.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the separated mm.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the device in the process of separating the ends of the rim, and

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the grip 2.

I have designated in the drawings, a split automobile rim as at 1 to which are secured grips 2 and 3 as by means of wing bolt 4 having a spiral spring 5 surrounding the shank thereof, which causes the side plates making up the grip to readily separate upon backing off the wing nut when it is desired to remove the grip from the rim. One

side'plate in each grip is provided with sup- 7 5 port elements 6 made fast to'one plate and penetrating the other. Thus each grip is readily adjustable to any width of rim, as

the elements 6 are of suflicient length to cover the gap between plates when used with the largest or-smallest rims.

I also provide a lever handle 7 having a recess 8 at or near one end thereof, adapted to be supported on one of the elements 6, which serves as a fulcrum for the part 7. A toothed upper surface 9 on the handle member 7 is adapted to hold the slide 10 in any desired position. As is clearly shown of the split in the rim, this position being accurately determined by practice, and the wing bolt 4 screwed up until the proper tension has been secured. The recess 8 in the handle 7 may now be placed on either of the upper supporting elements 6 in the larger grip, which elements, it will be seen, are in a higher plane than those in the other grip. The slide 10 is now placed in a posi tion on the handle preferably at a point somewhere between the two grips and the hook 14 placed over one of the elements 6 in the other grip. Upward movement of the handle will cause one end of the rim to be moved upwardly and in a direction to overlap the other end of the rim. After this limit of movement has been reached the recess 8 may bemoved to the other supporting element 6 on the larger grip, the slide readjusted as necessary, and the upward movement of the handle continued. This operation is-repeated as desired. On one of the lower supporting elements 6 in the larger grip, I provide a catch 15 which is adapted to fall over one of the supporting elements 6 in the smaller grip when that member comes in proximity to the larger grip. Thus the rim may be held in its separated position, the ends overlapping, while the desiredwork with the casing is being completed,

What is claimed is:-

A device of the character described, ineluding grips adapted to be secured to each end of a split rim, a supporting element upon one grip, a plurality of supporting elements on another grip, said elements being arranged in a plane radial to the axis of the rim a lever handle havin a hook sha ed end engaging one of said supporting ele- 10 merits and readily detachable therefrom,

said lever handle having a serrated upper edge, a slide on said lever handle adjustably engaging said serrated handle edge, a flexible member secured to the slide member and having a hook engaging one of said grips, movement of the handle about its pivot causing relative movement of the grips.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

MILTON HENRY NEWSPICKLE. 

